linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL -tip v3] fix 39 'make headers

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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:08:36 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL -tip v3] fix 39 'make headers_check' warnings

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 07:50:34PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> hm, i just noticed this detail:
> 
> commit 3521c5eef990515719614e212b26ea49e610d072
> Author: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
> Date:   Sat Jan 17 19:25:46 2009 +0530
> 
>     headers_check fix: x86, swab.h
>     
>     fix the following 'make headers_check' warnings:
>     
>       usr/include/asm/swab.h:4: include of <linux/types.h> is preferred over <asm/types.h>
>       usr/include/asm/swab.h:7: found __[us]{8,16,32,64} type without #include <linux/types.h>
>       usr/include/asm/swab.h:10: leaks CONFIG_X86 to userspace where it is not valid
>       usr/include/asm/swab.h:40: leaks CONFIG_X86 to userspace where it is not valid
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/swab.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/swab.h
> index 306d417..613be68 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/swab.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/swab.h
> @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
>  #ifndef _ASM_X86_SWAB_H
>  #define _ASM_X86_SWAB_H
>  
> -#include <asm/types.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> +#endif /* __KERNEL__ */

compiler.h includes should be nuked by make headers_instll automatically.

	Sam
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